Fastener for barbers&#39; hair cloths and the like



Dec.- ze 1925. 1,567,433

' J. FAVATA, .1R

FASTENER FOR BARBERS HAIR CLOTHS AND THE LIKE Filed April 24, 1924 5318 l o 75m/v4, Em, MMM

. UNETE 'lA'fES @A'lhl'i JOSEPH FAVATA., JR., OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

FASTENER FOR BARBERS HAIR CLOTHS AND THE LIKE.

Application filed April 24, 1924. Serial No. 708,715.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, JosnrH FAvA'rA, J r., a citizen of the United States, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fasteners for Barbers Hair Cloths and the like, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in fasteners for barbers hair-cloths and the like; the same being a substitute for the usual safety or other pins employed for fastening the hair-cloth around the neck when cutting hair.

One of the objects of my invention is to yprovide an improved fastener of this kind lwhich is simple in construction and which is so arranged that it will be retained at all times at one of the corners of the hair-cloth for the purpose of clasping or fastening the other corner when brought around. the person having his hair cut.

- Another object of my invention is to provide a fastener of the kind mentioned, which can be easily manipulated, which is darable, comparatively cheap, and so constructed that it cannot easily become broken.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel features of construction and in the arrangement and combination of parts to' be hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out in the subjoined claims.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a view showing the manner in which the fastener is used on a person having a hair-cloth placed around him, preparatory to cutting the hair.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the device, showing overlapping portions of a hair-cloth, in dotted lines.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged transverse section taken on line 3 3, Fig. 2, looking in the direction of the arrow crossing said line.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged transverse section taken on line 4 4, Fig. 2, looking in the direction of the arrow crossing said line. Fig. 5 is an enlarged horizontal section taken on line 5 5, Fig. 2. Y V

Fig. 6 is an enlarged horizontal section taken online 6 6," Fig. 2.

Fig. 7 is a detached perspective view of the body portion of the device.

Fig. 8 is a detached perspective view of oneof the spring clips whereby the retainer' Clp? .llll-ill Closed pesition,

Figs `9 and l() are detached perspective views of one of the spring clips viewed, rcspepstlvely,l from opposite sides.

lhe device, in the main, consists of a bodv port1on 11, two retainer clips 12, 1.3, and two spring clips 14, 15. The body portion and retainer clips are stamped out of sheet metal, preferably sheet aluminum, and are pivotally connected together, with one retainer clip arranged at one side ofthe bodv portion and the other at the other sidb thereof.

The body portion comprises an elongated member offset between its ends, as at 1G, and having the metal thereof, along ono of its longitudinal marginal portions, curved into parti-circular formation to forni open re tainer sleeves or loops 1'( the metal of said body portion being cut away along said marginal portion centrally between the ends, as at 18, to separate the sleeves or loops 17 thereof from each other. These retainer sleeves or loops are oppositely formed, the opening of one of said sleeves or loops being at one side of the body portion, as at 19, and the opening of the other sleeve or loop at the other side thereof, as at 20. The offsetting of the body portion provides opposite depressed portions, 21, 22, one of which is at one side of said body portion and extends along substantially one-half the lengt-h thereof and the other at the other side of said body portion and extends along the other half of the length thereof.

The retainer clips 12, 13, are substantially co-extensive transversely with said body portion, and lie against or in close proximity to said body portion, one in each depressed portion at opposite sides thereof. The inner end of each retainer clip is curved upon itself, as at 23, to form a cylindrical sleeve or loop-whose diameter is a trifle less than the interior diameter of the retainer clips of said body portion. The last-mentioned sleeves or loops 23, serve as hinge pivots and each is adapted to be slid lengthwise into one of the opensleeves or loops 1T of said body portion, thus forming a pivotal o1' hinged connection between the body portion and the two retainer clips. Each retainer clip is provided with a notch 2i at each of its side edges in close proximity to the cylindrical sleeve or loop thereof.

A spring clip is positioned over each open retainer sleeve or loop of said body portion; each clip Abeing of substantially cylindrical formation with an elongated opening therein. Opposite longitudinal edges of each clip lie in contact with the body portion, as at 26, and with one of said retainer clips, as at 27, exerting pressure againstl said retainer clip to force the same into closed position, viz: in close proximity, to 0r in contact with the body portion, in which position it is retained by said clip. Each spring clip has keepers 28 in the form of ears extending outwardly from one of its longitudinal edges at opposite ends there of, and the keepers ofeach spring clip are adapted to enter the notches 24 of one of said retainer clips, thus preventing the hinge pivots of said retainer clips from moving lengthwise in the open sleeves or loops of said body portion.

Each retainer clip has prongs 29 stamped therefrom or otherwise formed thereon or applied thereto, which enter openings BO in the body portion, it being the purpose "of these prongs to penetrate the hair-cloth, or at least force small areas of the hair-cloth into said openings 30 and thus firmly grip said cloth.

Each retainer clip also has an opening 3l formedtherein a short distance from its hinge pivot, and passed through said opening is a headed pin 3Q having its inner end reduced and passed through the body portion from one side thereof so as to project from the other side; the projecting end being upset similar to the upsetting of a rivet so as to firmly secure said pin to said body portion. y

The body portion 11 of the device has two openings 33, Se, in longitudinal alineme'nt with the pins 32 and each retainer clip has a headed pin passed through one of the openings 33 in said body portion 'and driven through the retainer' clip from one side thereof so that the inner end of sai-d pin projects from the other side.

That. portion ot 'each 'of said pins 35 which is driven through each of said' clips is reduced in diameter and the projecting end thereof is upset in the saine manner as the pins 32 on the body portion. It is of course understood that the pins' on thebody portion extend from opposite sides thereof.

In order to force one of the retainer' clips outwardly or away from the body portion so as to assume an open position, as indicated by vdotted lines in Figs. 3 and i, it is simply necessary to planethe thumb against the outer or headed' end of theipin secured to' the bodyv portion and projecting through said clip, and the forefin'ger against the pin eXtending freni the clip and passed through 'said body portion; The 'pinv fastfened to the clip may be referred to. as a thrust pin, while the pinextending from the body portion serves as an abutment pin adaptedAA tov hold the body porti-ou whilepressing the retainer clip away from said body portion or into open position. wWhen pressing against either of the thrust pins of this device, the retainer clip to which it is attached will be forced into open position, as shown in dotted lines in Figs. 2 and 3, and permit the hair-cloth to be placed between the two.

When using the device on a hair-cloth, it is clamped to the latter at one corner and retained thereon. It is simply necessary after placing the hair-cloth around the body of a person having his hair cut, to grasp one of the pins secured to a retainer clip and the adjacent pin secured to the `body portion between the thumb and for'etinger and exert pressure against the thrust pin projecting outwardly from the retainer clip for the purpose of moving said clip to open position, as shown in dotted lines in Figs. 2 and 3, after which it will be a simple matter to take the opposite end of the haircloth and slip it between the body portion and said clip. Vlie'n releasing pressure from said pins, the cloth will be -firmly clamped. A device thus constructed can be operated with ease and will in no manner feel vuncomfortable to the person around whom the hairecloth is placed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is: s

l. A fastener of thekind described, comprising an elongated body portion having open sleeves at one of its longitudinal marginal portions, said sleeves being oppositely arranged and vseparated by a space, a re tainer clip at each side of said body portion having a sleeve at its end forming a hinge pivot and fitting into one of said open sleeves, each of said retainer slips having prongs on its inner face, and a spring for each of said clips to hold the same in closed position. Y

2. A fastener of the lrind described, comprising an elongated' body portion offset between its ends and having openings at opposite sides of said offset, a retainer clip at each side of said body portionl pivotally connected to one of the longitudinal marginal portions thereof, said clips being at either side of said offset and each of said clips having a prong adapted to enter one of the openings in said body portion, and a spring acting against said retainer clips to hold the saine in `closed position,

3. A fastener of the kind described, comprising an elongated body porti'oir having open sleeves along one of its longitudinal marginal portions and having an opening near each end thereof in' proximity to'each of said open sleeves,twomretainer clips, each having a hinge pivot -fitting into one of said open YVsleeves, said1 retainer' clips lying4 at opposite; sides2r of. said body fpertion.'

and yeach having e thrust. pin. extending.

through one 0I" said openings, and spring elips surrounding each of said open sleeves and each having one of its longitudinal edges in Contact with said body portion and the other in Contact with one `of said retainer clips.

4:. A fastener of the kind described, eo1nprising an elongated body portion having two open sleeves at one of its niarfrinal portions separated by an intervening spacen retainer Clips at opposite sides of said body portion, each having its inner end fashioned into sleeve formation itted into one of the open sleeves of said body portion, openings in said body portion, thrust pins on said retainer clips passed through said openings, an opening in each of said retainer clips, pins secured to said body portion and passed through said last-mentioned openings, and spring clips surrounding said open sleeves, each spring Clip bearing with one longitudinal edge against a retainer olip and with its other longitudinal edge against said body portion.

5. A fastener of the kind described, c0mprising a body portion having an open sleeve at one of its marginal portions, a retainer clip fashioned at one end into sleeve formation fitted into said open sleeve to forin a hinge pivot, said retainer clip having notches at opposite edges adjacent its hinge pivot, and a spring clip surrounding each of said open sleeves and having projecting prongs at opposite ends of one of its longitudinal edges, the prongs of said spring clips fitting into the notches of said retainer clips, the longitudinal edges of said spring clips between said prongs bearing against said retainer clips and the opposite longitudinal edges of said clips bearing against said body portion.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

JOSEPH FAVATA, JR. 

